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Saturday 15 July 1978Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 July 1978 · purse £125,000 · winner's share £12,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/9°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/9°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
155 started, 63 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, Simon Owen
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 15th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet